The Second Sex

Source: The Second Sex, 1949, translated by H M Parshley, Penguin 1972;Written: in French and first published as Le Deuxième Sexe, in 1949;First Published in English: by Jonathan Cape in 1953;Transcribed: by Andy Blunden for the Value_of_Knowledge website, 1998;Proofread: from the Penguin edition by Andy Blunden, February 2005.